💻 Show Me Your Machine — I’ll Rate It Out of 10
Okay developers, builders, founders, students, sysadmins, Linux nerds, PC enthusiasts…
I have a challenge for you. 👀
Forget the $3,000 MacBook.
Forget the RGB PC with 14 fans.
Forget the “ultimate developer setup” videos.
Tell me what machine you ACTUALLY use every day.
Your primary laptop.
Your desktop.
Your phone.
Your ancient ThinkPad that somehow refuses to die.
Whatever machine you use to actually write code, manage projects, build products, deploy things, research, study, or run your work.
And yes…
I WILL RATE IT. /10. 😂
🧑💻 My Primary Setup
I'll go first.
I'm currently managing my projects primarily with:
💻 HP 240 G9
CPU: Intel Core i3-1215U(I've tweaked it using intel extreme utility for better performance)
CPU architecture: 12th Gen Intel hybrid architecture
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Storage: 512 GB NVMe SSD
OS: Windows 11 + KALI OS dual boot
Form factor: 14-inch business-oriented laptop
Nothing crazy.
No Core i9.
No RTX GPU.
No 64 GB RAM.
No MacBook Pro.
Just a relatively humble business laptop.
And somehow…
this is the machine I've been using to build and manage my software projects. 😭
📱 My Phones
I actually have two phones in my setup:
📱 Realme C21
This is the phone I primarily use.
It's definitely not a flagship.
But it handles the basic stuff I need for managing projects, communication, checking deployments, monitoring things and generally staying connected.
📱 Samsung Galaxy A31
My second phone.
Older hardware, but still useful as a secondary device.
🏢 What Do I Actually Manage With These?
A surprisingly large amount.
My main project/company ecosystem is:
Akhouri Systems
A software-building project where I develop and publish my own applications.
🌐 Akhouri Systems:
https://akhouri-anmol-kumar.github.io/Akhouri-systems/
The interesting part isn't really the website.
It's what sits behind it.
I've been using this relatively modest hardware to:
- build software
- test applications
- manage GitHub repositories
- work on security-focused projects
- maintain websites
- publish releases
- research technologies
- manage project documentation
- communicate with users
- experiment with new ideas
- and basically run my entire little software ecosystem
All from a setup that would probably look pretty ordinary sitting next to a modern developer workstation.
💸 And Here's the Funny Part
When this HP 240 G9 launched, my configuration was around the ₹55,000 range.
Today, because laptop memory/storage pricing has changed significantly, finding an equivalent configuration can actually cost substantially more depending on the exact configuration and seller.
Which creates a weird situation:
Technology gets older… but sometimes the price doesn't behave like it should. 😂
And honestly, that's one reason I like discussing hardware.
Specs tell a story.
🧠 I LOVE SPECS
I'm genuinely the kind of person who can spend way too much time looking at:
CPU architecture → cores → threads → cache → RAM type → memory bandwidth → SSD interface → PCIe generation → thermals → sustained clocks → battery → display → ports
…and then somehow end up comparing two laptops that I wasn't even planning to buy.
LOL.
So naturally…
I want to know what YOU are running.
🔥 THE CHALLENGE
Drop your primary machine below.
Use this format:
💻 Device:
🧠 CPU:
🎮 GPU:
🧮 RAM:
💾 Storage:
🖥️ Display:
🐧 OS:
🔋 Battery:
💰 Approx. price:
🎯 Main use:
⭐ Your own rating:
For phones:
📱 Phone:
🧠 SoC:
🧮 RAM:
💾 Storage:
📱 Display:
🔋 Battery:
📸 Camera:
💰 Approx. price:
🎯 Main use:
⭐ Your own rating:
And here's the important part:
Tell me WHY you chose it.
Not just the specifications.
Maybe it's powerful.
Maybe it's cheap.
Maybe it's portable.
Maybe you inherited it.
Maybe it's a 10-year-old laptop that somehow survives everything.
Maybe you deliberately chose Linux.
Maybe you just wanted the best performance-per-rupee possible.
That's the part I'm interested in.
🏆 MY TURN
If I had to rate my own setup:
HP 240 G9 + Realme C21 + Galaxy A31
I'd give it: 8/10 for my actual use case.
Not because it's the most powerful setup.
It absolutely isn't.
But because it gets the job done.
And there's something I really like about that.
The machine doesn't have to look impressive.
The work does.
⚔️ NOW LET'S MAKE THIS INTERESTING
I want to see the entire spectrum.
The student running Ubuntu on a 10-year-old laptop.
The developer with a ThinkPad.
The gaming PC owner with a ridiculous GPU.
The MacBook user.
The person running everything through a mini PC.
The engineer with a dual-boot workstation.
The person whose entire development environment lives inside a terminal.
And the person who is somehow still using a laptop with 4 GB RAM in 2026. 💀
Drop the specs.
I'll read them.
I'll rate them.
And I'll probably ask you why you chose that configuration.
🚀 One More Thing
If you're curious about what I'm actually building with my setup, you can explore my software projects here:
👉 Akhouri Systems
https://akhouri-anmol-kumar.github.io/Akhouri-systems/
Don't just click it because I told you to.
Click it if you're curious about what can actually be built with relatively ordinary hardware.
And if you find something interesting there, tell me what you found.
💬 YOUR TURN
What is your primary machine in 2026?
Laptop? Desktop? Mini PC? Phone?
Give me the full specifications.
I'll rate it /10.
And if enough people participate…
we might accidentally create the most chaotic developer hardware leaderboard ever. 😂💻
Your specs. Your workload. Your reasoning.
Let's see what everyone is actually building on.
Top comments (172)
Okay, you asked for the machine.
The problem is… I’m not sure where the machine ends anymore. 😂
My daily driver is:
💻 MacBook Pro 16”
🧠 CPU: Apple M4 Pro — 14 cores (10P + 4E)
🎮 GPU: 20-core M4 Pro GPU
🧮 RAM: 24 GB unified memory
💾 Storage: 512 GB SSD
🖥️ Display: 16” Liquid Retina XDR + external 1080p
🐧 OS: macOS 26.6
🔋 Battery: 92% health, 264 cycles
🎯 Main use: Coding, system architecture, infrastructure/security work, and managing everything below
⭐ My rating: 9/10 — minus one point because I should have bought more than 24 GB RAM. 😂
But honestly, the MacBook is basically a very expensive SSH terminal.
Behind it:
☁️ VPS fleet
VPS1 — 4 vCPU Intel / 7 GB RAM / 72 GB
Ubuntu 26.04 — monitoring & operations tools
VPS2 — 6 vCPU Intel / 11 GB RAM / 96 GB
Ubuntu 26.04 — multi-domain mail server
VPS3 — 18 vCPU AMD EPYC / 94 GB RAM / 678 GB
Ubuntu 24.04 — main application box: remote-management platform, blogs, ERP applications, etc.
VPS4 — 4 vCPU Intel / 7 GB RAM / 442 GB
Ubuntu 24.04 — centralized log collection/archive
Disk usage: 86% 😬
VPS5 — 6 vCPU Intel / 11 GB RAM / 96 GB
Ubuntu 26.04 — customer group hosting
VPS6 — 2 vCPU Intel / 3 GB RAM / 38 GB
Ubuntu 26.04 — customer web/e-commerce
VPS7 — 2 vCPU Intel / 3 GB RAM / 38 GB
Ubuntu 26.04 — customer panel/web
And then there’s the on-prem side. 😅
🏢 Hyper-V / Datacenter
HV1 — Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3
2× Xeon Gold 5418Y — 48C/96T total
512 GB RAM
HV2 — Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3
2× Xeon Gold 5418Y — 48C/96T total
512 GB RAM
Together:
⚙️ 2-node Hyper-V failover cluster
🧠 96 physical cores
🧮 1 TB RAM
🖥️ ~20 VMs
Running ERP, SQL Server, file services, mail, RDS, PBX and other workloads.
Storage:
💾 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F
All-flash SAN, Fibre Channel multipath
2×8 TB CSV + witness
📦 Synology DS1821+
Ryzen V1500B, 10GbE, NVMe cache
Backup / DR target
And because putting everything inside the cluster would be boring:
DC2 — HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
Xeon Silver 4208 / 32 GB RAM
Standalone domain controller — deliberately outside the cluster.
🛠️ Development infrastructure
gitsrv
48 vCPU / 128 GB RAM / 1.5 TB
Self-hosted CI with 24 isolated runner slots.
Paid CI minutes: 0. 😄
Helpdesk
6-core Xeon Gold / 11 GB RAM
Ticketing and support infrastructure.
And finally:
🤖 DGX Spark
NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell
128 GB unified memory
Used for local LLM workloads and the internal knowledge base.
So technically my answer to:
“What machine do you use every day?”
is still the MacBook Pro.
But most days I’m sitting in front of 24 GB of RAM while remotely managing well over a terabyte of it. 😂
I deliberately prefer self-hosting where it makes technical sense. Partly because I want control, but mostly because I enjoy understanding the entire stack — application, database, network, virtualization, storage, CI, monitoring and recovery.
After doing this long enough, I stopped thinking of the laptop itself as the workstation.
The laptop is just the cockpit. The infrastructure behind it is the machine.
Now go ahead.
Rate it out of 10. 😂
Now it started humble... M4 Mac... Then half a datacenter follows... So when's the DGX getting a partner? They do have that nice little expansion cable, so you can daisy chain them?
Hahaha, this is exactly the problem. 😂
I’m afraid if I buy a second one, I’ll say:
“Well, the expansion cable already exists. It would be wasteful not to use it.”
Then six months later I’ll somehow be explaining why the house needs three-phase power and dedicated cooling. ☠️😂
So for now the DGX stays single.
For now. 😄
bro you reply to my reply which I gave you I am waiting for it
by the way ATLOCK V5 100% BUILT
from .py to .exe converted too.
tested too.
I would love if you will be the top 5 first user of ATLOCK v5 when it will be publicly launched( I will launch it when I will cross 1000downloads, currently at 905)
by the way congrats, till now no one has beaten your machines( especially because of SERVERS ☠️)
Hahaha okay bro, you got me — I owe you that reply. 😂
And congrats on getting ATLOCK V5 fully built, converted to an EXE and tested. Going from building something to actually shipping and testing it is the part that matters. 🤝
905 downloads is already pretty damn close to 1000, so I don’t think you’ll be waiting too long. 😄
When V5 launches, send it my way. I’d be happy to be one of the first five users and give it a proper test.
Just one warning though: if you give something called ATLOCK to a security guy with a small accidental datacenter, you’re basically asking for trouble. ☠️😂
And thank you about the machines.
Apparently the servers have now become the final boss of DEV. 😂
I'd rather insulted, annoyed by my BRO than to a stranger.
and that " MY BRO" is mustafa ERBAY.
so I've no trouble in fact I will be happy to be annoyed from you.
Hahaha, careful what you wish for, bro. 😂
You just gave me official permission to annoy you AND test ATLOCK V5.
That sounds dangerously close to a signed security-testing authorization. ☠️😂
Deal. 🤝
bro I don't always use my age but now you're scaring me by that skull danger emoji.
I'm 13 so please don't be so hacker level annoying, reporting me bugs every second(big ones every second) and more.
LOL
you can but please try to be in medium-difficulty mode set by default. 😅
I am currently in the midst of a serious state of confusion. 🤣
What does that pic means?
I developed a SIEM application and am currently working on it. :)
A man of many tabs I see 🤣
1 thing I'd probably advise against, is you kinda leaked 1 of your public IPs in that screenshot, just be careful
These are all local test data that could potentially leak; however, I can share the demo data I created myself with anyone.I don't think you read the text in the address bar (localhost:13001/). :)
notes: All IP addresses in the range of 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 are reserved for local area networks (LANs) worldwide. These addresses cannot be routed over the internet.
fair enough, I just saw IP and didnt zoom in enough to validate the address, just wanted to warn incase, but good to see that it wasnt an oversight, it was sandboxed data that's secure. My bad.
I really appreciate that you pointed this out. In a real-world environment, this could easily have involved actual data, so raising awareness about things like this is genuinely valuable.
We all make mistakes — that’s completely normal. What matters is sharing what we learn so others can recognize the same risk before it becomes a real problem.
Thanks for bringing attention to it! 🙌
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Envy 😭 Cuz 100+ total cores, means 100+ concurrent agents possible. The DGX spark has a expansion cable, where you can wire it to another one and they can act as 1 box, with 48 cores, 256gb memory, etc. Essentially how SLI used to work. Part of the reason why most people dumped cash into them instead of strix halo, cuz when it gets dated, you just buy a 2nd one and add it in to double your capacity and performance. That's why they're around $4k and worth every penny.
oh mustafa ERBAY now you remember me?
long time no see(literally no comment no like)
@xulingfeng has 3 powerful machines, I've HP 240 G9 and 2 mobiles, while Mustafa ERBAY has 1 macbook but in background he operates server ☠️
others flexing intel core 9 ultra, ryzen processors Mustafa's server has xeon inside.
👏👏
Bro I can rate laptops/PC mobile
you are running next level thing servers.
absolute cinema
🖐️🤚
rating(excluding server): 8/10
but if we include servers: 1000 out of 10 brooo
you are on next level.
bro 1tb ram.... 💀
bro I'm finish now...
bro you've so much, if you are having problem to manage donate it to me and needy people 😂🤣🤣
Hahaha yes bro, of course I remember you. 😂
I’ve just been buried under ERP, SIEM, infrastructure and security work lately. Apparently if you disappear from DEV for a while, people start checking whether your heartbeat endpoint is still returning 200 OK. 🤣
And absolutely not — the 1 TB RAM is not being donated. Nice try. 😂 Those poor DIMMs already have enough responsibilities.
The funny thing is, none of this started with a plan to build some monster setup.
It was always:
“I’ll self-host this one service.”
Then:
“Well, this should probably be redundant.”
Then:
“I need proper storage.”
Then:
“CI shouldn’t depend on paid minutes.”
And suddenly you look around and there’s a Fibre Channel SAN, a failover cluster, seven VPSs, 20 VMs, 24 CI runners and a Grace Blackwell machine staring back at you. ☠️😂
That’s the dangerous part of infrastructure engineering: every reasonable decision eventually creates another reasonable decision.
And thanks for the 1000/10. 🤝😂
That score is immutable now. No downgrade migration allowed.
bro you are security expert, Can you read me pinned post please
@merbayerp is a top‑tier security‑auditing expert! We should learn a lot from him. Since you are building products focused on security and privacy, you’d better connect and exchange ideas with this expert more often.
Haha mate, “top-tier security-auditing expert” is a dangerous title to give me in public.
Now people might actually expect me to know what I’m doing. 🤣🤣
Seriously though, thank you. That’s incredibly kind of you. 🤝
I wouldn’t call myself a top-tier expert. I’ve just spent enough years around systems to develop a slightly unhealthy habit of looking at something perfectly functional and asking:
“Okay… but how can this fail?” 😂
Then I keep pulling the thread until somebody regrets giving me access.
Security is far too big a field for anyone to stop learning. I still learn new things constantly, including from people here.
So I’d describe myself much more simply:
Just an engineer who enjoys breaking assumptions before someone breaks production. 😄🔐
Please read the pinned post bro, And tell me ATLOCK v5 is good?
I really agree with this mindset. From a QA perspective, it goes like this: this system definitely has bugs. If nothing is breaking right now, it only means I haven’t designed enough test scenarios — I must have missed something! I always get extra mental pressure every time before a release, hahaha.🤣
😂😂
bro I'm curious to know the total cost of your setup
please tell I'm over excited to hear.
I built mine 2 years ago. Everyone say hi to fuzzles:
💻 Device: Custom desktop build (ASUS board)
🧠 CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K — 16 cores / 24 threads, 3.2 GHz base
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12 GB)
🧮 RAM: 128 GB DDR5 — 4 × 32
💾 Storage: 2 TB NVMe SSD + 1 TB SATA HDD
🖥️ Display: LG UltraGear — 3440×1440 ultrawide @ 240 Hz (2024)
🐧 OS: Windows 11 Home + WSL (Ubuntu)
🔋 Battery: -
💰 Approx. price: After tax under $1800 at the time (late 2024) with only 64GB ram (installed more later)
🎯 Main use: AI, Coding, Video and Photo editing
⭐ Your own rating: 9.5 - I want to update graphics card and CPU. protest XD
🖐️🤚
no words for this.
my mouth has no words left.
brooooo, your specifications are BEAST, are true meaning of what power looks like.
only 64Ram(installed more later) bro only 64? brooo world is suffering from RAM crisis and you? you're just casually saying ONLY 64 lol.
and later 128gb ram?
bro what aree even doing with that? now I Want a answer bro really a answer I'm shocked why you need 128gb ram,
overall rating: 9.7/10(-0.3% because why home version? not pro? and CPU can be better as per your rest specs ( Lol your CPU is already beast but your rest specs make it look normal CPU)
Because I copied the hard drive from my old pc and didn't want to pay. There is a whole story behind it hahahaha. And I bought the extra ram before the prices spiked. I got super lucky on timing. I dont even use the overlooking on my ram. Im saving it for when I actually need it. Future proofing, if you will.
oh I got it.
you are carrying 128gb ram
Le Me: convincing my dad to upgrade my laptop's ram from 16 to 24gb ram
I've some money in my savings through pocket money but I don't want it to be used for buying RAM it is for a new laptop for future.
you're really cool dude and the pic you provided of your PC it is looking like a wow, salute bro.
when I will be adult, I will make my own PC cabinet exactly look like yours.
You are doing absolutely amazing for someone so young. I got a late start and am much older. No reason to worry, you have plenty of time to build an amazing machine. By the time your my age, you will be hovering around in your personal drone-bot chair. Haha. Seriously, your doing great. Learning how to communicate and share early is a super important skill. You are ahead of the game. ✨️
Gave you a follow!
Thanks we are now bros
@akhourianmolkumar your reaction has me laughing internally. Thank you for that. It was much needed.
Oh thanks. 😅
let's connect bro
bros 🫴?
Fuzzles needs a bath.
Cihaz Adı kali
İşlemci Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz 2.30 GHz
Takılı RAM 4,00 GB
Depolama 119 GB SSD SAMSUNG MZMPC128HBFU-000MV
Grafik Kartı Intel(R) HD Graphics Family (113 MB)
Cihaz Kimliği 01BB64A5-6FC0-4176-BA88-D0CDFDDD78A6
Ürün Kimliği 00330-80000-00000-AA869
Sistem Türü 64 bit işletim sistemi, x64 tabanlı işlemci
Kalem ve dokunma 10 dokunma noktalarıyla kalem ve dokunma desteği
5/10(-5%) because processor can be more better graphics card too also bro type in English how I will understand your language
Thanks, man; even in the most demanding games, I get at least 40 FPS.
your welcome
This is the main machine I use on a daily basis. I have a laptop but it comes out maybe once every 2 weeks to do stuff when I'm not home. I've always enjoyed the desktop more. This is my 6th Desktop build I've done!
Hardware
64GB RAM & 4TB SSD
🫡people are facing ram price hike problem.
you're just chilling out with these great specs.. really great
9/10(-1 because Cpu can be better like I know what is power of ryzen 7 but seeing your RAM, your cpu can be better but still great set up really powerful 🔥
Rating my machine: POCO C55, , 4GB RAM, 0 VC funding.
Runs on pure willpower, Cloudflare edge proxies, and Supabase RLS.
10/10 for ROI and deployment speed. 2/10 for battery life when compiling on mobile. 😂
Great post, CTO. Let’s see what the rest of the HYNAWEB dojo is running. 🐯
bro have you seen @xulingfeng 's machines?
my laptop and mobile and your POCO c55 is crying after reading the specs of him.
The POCO C55 might be crying reading those specs, but the code is flying. 🐯
Hardware is just a constraint. Creativity, willpower, and a solid architecture (shoutout to the CTO for keeping the edge-proxy locked) are the real specs. 100/10 output, always.
yeah mine HP 240 G9 is also delivering 100/10 output
we both lacks in numbers not in output
😂🔥
HP 240 G9 + POCO C55 = The most dangerous low-spec, high-output duo in the game. 😂🔥
"Lacking in numbers, not in output" is going straight into the official HYNAWEB company motto. The hardware might be crying, but the architecture is singing.
Let's keep the code flying, CTO. On to Day 2. 🐯
yeah, really great motto
(words are mine, used by you lol)
Caught me! 😂 All credit goes to the CTO. I just put it on the official company letterhead.
Copyright 2026 Akhouri Anmol Kumar. All rights reserved. 🐯👑
(But seriously, great minds think alike, but the CTO thinks first. Let's keep the output at 100/10 today.)
bro also mention Co-founder
or you find new co-founder? 😅
Caught me again! 😂 My bad, Co-founder AND CTO.
The title was just too long to fit on one line, but the role is absolutely permanent. No new co-founders needed. The original duo is locked in for the long haul.
Let's keep the output at 100/10, Co-founder. 🐯👑
yeahhh
how much will you rate for @xulingfeng
setup in a scale of 10 and why?
Hardware specs for @xulingfeng? Easy 10/10. The man is running a workstation that probably costs more than my entire neighborhood. 😂
But if we are rating "Hustle-to-Output Ratio" or "ROI per dollar"? The POCO C55 + HP 240 G9 duo still takes the crown. 🐯👑
Shoutout to xulingfeng for proving that whether you have a supercomputer or a budget phone, the architecture and the execution are what actually matter. (Though I wouldn't say no to borrowing that setup for a single day of compiling...)
@xulingfeng setup is ready for GTA 6, GTA 7 lol 😂
but yeah harun, hustle to output ratio criteria HP 240 G9 and POCO C55 takes crown, where POCO c55 takes golden crown and HP 240 G9 silver, because in mobile you are generating a really impossible output.
really great.
👏👏👏
bro ATLOCK V5 100% built.
from .py to .exe converted.
all testing done.
I gave all the AI's the .py file and said rate it brutally , strictly, in a scale of 10.
CLAUDE: 7.8/10
GEMINI: 9/10(I don't trust this result gemini is shit I don't think ATLOCK v5 will score 9 in strict mode because there are VeraCrypt, 1password and more in field so you can ignore gemini ones)
QWEN: 8/10
Grok: 7.5/10
ChatGpt: 7.9/10
like around 8/10 is rating given to ATLOCK v5
then I said compare it to old ATLOCK v4 and give rating in 10 to both them for comparison
ATLOCK v4: 2.5/10(grok)
ATLOCK v4: 5/10(gemini)
ATLOCK v4: 2/10(claude)
ATLOCK v4: 4/10(chatgpt)
ATLOCK v4: 2.5/10(qwen)
you can clearly see where V5 stands in front of v4.
hope you will be one of the first user to download v5.
it will be publicly released soon for windows when I'll cross 1000downloads(currently at 905)
You might be disappointed — here is some tough, adult feedback.
I am not your target user, and I have no practical use case for ATLOCK whatsoever. There is no scenario in my daily work or personal life where I require this category of security software, so I will not download or test your release.
This is normal market reality when you build public software. It is commendable that you completed the full rebuild from V4 to V5 and finished your test suite. But a product cannot appeal to everyone. Many people simply will not have a need for your feature set.
If you intend to treat this as a product rather than just a personal project, you need to get comfortable with this kind of rejection early. Identifying who actually has pain points your software solves is one of the most fundamental product and QA lessons.
I told you because you're experienced person.
No problem you can ignore ATLOCK v5.
and yeah ATLOCK v5 is not my personal project, it is a product a product falling in same field where VeraCrypt, 1password, and many other security tools lies.
I appreciate you viewing me as an experienced peer. That’s exactly why I shared that honest feedback.
Competing in the same space as mature, well-established security products is an extremely high bar. The market is saturated, and users already have trusted solutions. That’s the hard reality for any new product entering this field.
Keep iterating and validating your target users. Wish you good luck on the product journey.
Lol specs are just numbers. Creativity matters far more than hardware 🤝
yeah best example is Me & Harun
The POCO C55 might be crying reading those specs, but the code is flying. 🐯
Hardware is just a constraint. Creativity, willpower, and a solid architecture (shoutout to the CTO for keeping the edge-proxy locked) are the real specs. 100/10 output, always.
your setup might seems to be small.
but the output it generates it is not small
if you ask set up rating: 1/10
but in addition if you ask output?
then it's 100 out of 10.
bro in POCO C55 really you're cooking harder 👑🫵🔥🔥📈
Here are my three daily‑use laptops, each with a clear role for modern AI and development workflows.
Machine 1 — COLORFIRE MEOW R16 24H (Personal Performance Workhorse)
💻 Device: COLORFIRE MEOW R16 24H (Colorful)
🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX, 12‑Core 24‑Thread
🎮 GPU: RTX 4070 Laptop 8GB (140W) + AMD Radeon 610M
🧮 RAM: 32GB DDR5 dual‑channel (5200MHz + 5600MHz mixed)
💾 Storage: ZHITAI Ti600 1TB NVMe + WD PC SN540 1TB NVMe
🖥️ Screen: 2560×1600 @ 240Hz
🐧 OS: Windows 11 Pro
🎯 Main use: Local LLM inference, AI agent simulation & testing, heavy development experiments, multitasking, AAA gaming, and runs my custom Hermes agent "Daoma"
⭐ Self rating: 9/10
Machine 2 — MECHREVO Wujie 14X Pro (AI Ultrabook)
💻 Device: MECHREVO Wujie 14X Pro (Titan Grey)
🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 H 365 (50 TOPS NPU)
🎮 GPU: AMD Radeon 880M
🧮 RAM: 32GB LPDDR5X 8000MHz
💾 Storage: 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
🖥️ Screen: 2.8K (2880×1800) 120Hz
🔋 Battery: 99Wh large battery
🐧 OS: Windows 11 Home
🎯 Main use: Mobile AI coding, remote office, outdoor work, lightweight local model running
⭐ Self rating: 8.5/10
Machine 3 — MacBook Air 13‑inch M5 (Company‑Issued Work Device)
💻 Device: MacBook Air 13‑inch M5
🧮 Chip: Apple M5
🧮 RAM: 16GB Unified Memory
💾 Storage: 512GB SSD
🖥️ Screen: Liquid Retina Display
🐧 OS: macOS
💰 Approx. price: Company property
🎯 Main use: Official AI Agent OS development, QA testing, technical writing & team collaboration
⭐ Self rating: 8.5/10
Why I use three different machines
I don’t collect devices for fun. I split my AI development workload strictly by device strengths:
Different hardware for different layers of building real AI agent systems.
CHINA for a reason 📈📈🔥☠️👑
bro your setup is equal to one of the greatest Indian gamer channels.
bro my laptop's whole cost can be covered from your one monitor in machine 1
bro 🫡🫡🫡
Haha thanks.It’s just accumulated step‑by‑step over time. Each machine takes its own job, not for showing off. Curious what score you will give to this three‑laptop setup 😄
Machine 1: 9.9/10 (-0.1 because you're using 5200 and 5600Mhz ram means the 5600Mhz will automatically set to 5200Mhz limit by the way not a issue but I am just finding excuses to cut marks LOL)
Machine 2: 9.5/10 (-0.5 because you are using single 32gb, you should 2*16 it doubles memory bandwidth) still this one is also a excuse LOL 😂
Machine 3: 7/10 (now you might think why 7? where 3 marks gone, bro in front of your machine 1 and machine 2 macbook M5 one of greatest laptop is looking just a regular laptop 🫡😈)
overall setup rating @xulingfeng
: 9.3/10
bro in China is RAM prices stable?
like in compare to world?
Haha thanks for this detailed rating 😂 Fair catch on the mixed‑frequency RAM. For machine 2, soldered LPDDR5X can’t be split into two sticks sadly. The MacBook is company‑issued, so it’s there for work collaboration only, not for raw performance. 9.3/10 overall makes me happy 🫡
oh got it.
and bro ram prices are stable in china??
It’s tied to global supply. China’s RAM market moves together with worldwide DRAM pricing. So it’s not fully stable; we see big price jumps sometimes, just like everywhere else.
in internet people are spreading information that Chinese companies will enter the global ram market and will produce as much as wafers possible to meet RAM demands.
my thought is like china's company will fulfil domestic demand first, means world will still face RAM prices Hike.
China is dragon for a reason 🐉
Solid point. CXMT focuses on domestic demand first, but they also export DRAM when possible. The three big memory giants still control most global supply. Expanding wafer capacity takes years, so global RAM price hikes won’t disappear quickly 🐉
yeah.
bro honestly speaking your country is really the next superpower (no doubt)
eagle can't stop dragon.
Machine 1 — Buildbox (Linux & AI Hosting Node)
💻 Device: Bitfenix Colossus 500
🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 6‑Core 12‑Thread
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1070 8GB
🧮 RAM: 32GB DDR4 2400MT/s
💾 Storage: 500GB Gen 3 NVMe SSD
🖥️ Screen: 27″ 1080p @ 75Hz Curved
🐧 OS: Ubuntu 24.04 Server
🎯 Main use: Linux compilation and local AI hosting
Machine 2 — AI Workhorse (Agentic Workstation)
💻 Device: Cooler Master MasterBox 5
🧠 CPU: Intel Core i5‑14400F
🎮 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB
🧮 RAM: 40GB DDR5 5600MT/s
💾 Storage: 500GB Gen 3 NVMe SSD
🖥️️ Screen: 24″ 1440p @ 165Hz
🐧 OS: Windows 11
🎯 Main use: Running agentic IDE agents
Machine 3 — Asus TUF F16 (Bed Station)
💻 Device: ASUS TUF F16
🧠 CPU: Intel Core 5 210H
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop
🧮 RAM: 16GB LPDDR4 3200MT/s
💾 Storage: 500GB Gen 4 NVMe SSD
🖥️ Screen: 16″ 1080p @ 144Hz
🐧 OS: Windows 11
🎯 Main use: Bed-station for remote working from bed
Machine 4 — Dell Vostro 7559 (Experimental AI Node)
💻 Device: Dell Vostro 7559
🧠 CPU: Intel Core i7‑10510U
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 2GB
🧮 RAM: 16GB DDR4 2666MT/s
💾 Storage: 256GB Gen 3 NVMe SSD + 1TB SSHD
🖥️ Screen: 15″ 1080p @ 60Hz
🐧 OS: Windows 11
🎯 Main use: Former bed-station, now runs AI agents for experimental work
bro bro wait wait, you can open a shop lol
4 machines, 4 beast, but I noticed you've great specs, showing your high budget still limited ram speed?
8.5/10(-1.5 because of RAM SPEED mainly rest is absolute beast)
4 machines you've got you're literally cooking harder your works.
All 4 run 24/7, that's how I manage 12 separate projects at once. Ram is just too expensive at the moment
oh, I See.
yeah currently RAM prices are same like gold.(rising and rising)
I would recommend you to upgrade RAM when RAM prices will drop down.
by the way just curious to know while online image editing tool do you use primarily?
Dont really use any online image tools, generally speaking, I either let Gemini generate an image, or I use other tools in python for manipulations.
Yeah, plan is to at some point upgrade and expand. Replace the 5500 with a 5900x, then add 2 more systems, with 9900x and 48gb of ram each. Then upgrade the Asus to 32gb and then I should be solid for a while, given I'm switching my workflows over to my own IDE, which I'm adding multi-node support to, so those extra PCs dont need to be manually monitored, I can use 1 interface to control all the systems and distribute work across them all.
Will do once I have a break, I need to prep for my final review at Wasmer for tomorrow. Fingers crossed it goes well.
ok, all the best no hurry.
you can try it whenever you've time
I just suggested you for later when you need.
Will give it a try, I gave it a quick look through. 2 things come to mind immediately. 1, you need a proper privacy policy, it's pretty much mandatory, an entry in terms of use is not enough. Then you list a ton of external resources that are used, it would give people more peace of mind if you clarify what each provider is used for and what data is shared to them. Eg. An offline image editor shouldnt have anything to do with huggingface and if it's necessary, then the purpose must be declared, so the user is informed how their information is used.
Further than that, I see that you used AI to make the GUI for the site, I'd suggest looking in to frontend skills files that you can download and wire up for future projects, it helps alot with getting ui that isnt just 'neon cyberpunk'
bro without signing how you used APIC?
The page opens and I can view it, generally speaking, before I sign in for anything, I first review the documentation, so I can see how my data is being used. Oh, another point, you likely use cookies, you need to declare that and allow users to opt-in, opt-out, as that is regulatory requirement. Given that some of them are tracking cookies, you HAVE to declare them, before you deal with serious liability issues.
Also, be careful for leaving comments in your HTML, if you explain too much, people can use that as attack vectors
Tested out the removal, it's okay, but it struggles a bit with masking the region accurately, you can use a layout grid to improve the accuracy, so it samples the grid location against neighbors.
Also, P.S. a visible disabled in the HTML means I can just delete the 'disabled' in the markup and all the tools work without a sign in. state should be parameter driven, that way it's less easy to bypass.
self rating would be: 9, 7, 8, 5.5 respectively. Buildbox gets special treatment, cuz it was my old workstation and I did ALOT of work on it and I OC'd the CPU and GPU (firmware too). Fun fact, I once used a mining board in it and retrofitted 7 rx 470 and 1 rx 580 in it and all ran at 60C while mining over 24h.
Sorry I do not care too much for common hardwer details. My personal favourite is a MacBoom Pro M1 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD one of the last model with touch bar. Touch bar is fare versatile compared functions key line. Mac other element is perfect for any kind of work: small size, do not need mouse : touch pad is super fine. MacOS is technically close to linux so easy handle by terminal like all other linux machines. Mainly use browsing, development : like a mordorjs, I also won a copilot vibe code competition here. So my score of this laptop is 10/10
The company laptop is way different. I am forced to work on a 6 year old DELL laptop with Windows 11 ( hate), same amount RAM and SSD, many keyboard labels is worn, overall condition is battle hardened. The only code which save my ass is: wsl install ubuntu. Plus learn to use windows multi desktop, one full screen size app on each one, give near same three finger gestures which is qorking so well at Mac. Battery time: 15min.
Score: 3/10
Phone: Samsung Galaxy A50 ... enogh for everything. I can play a same game as on my Mac: Raid Shadow Legend
This is my Huawei Mate 70 Pro 📱 running HarmonyOS 7.0.
12GB RAM + 512GB storage 💾
Screen resolution: 2832 × 1316 🖥️
I really like its multi-device super connection feature ✨. It works great as my daily driver for browsing, reading and community discussions.
flagship mobile
but at least in mobile I've beaten you LoL
not personally like I've C21 & GALAXY A31 which is nothing in front of yours.
but my mom operate a GALAXY S26 ULTRA
😂
Small happiness LOL after reading your specs and finally looking at one thing I beat you is genuinely small achievement.
do not upgrade your mobile till my mom upgrades
at least let me be ahead in one thing just kidding 😂😂
The Huawei Mate 90 Pro is going to launch soon, but my Mate70 Pro still works perfectly. I’ll wait a few years before upgrading😆
ok ok I will convince mom to buy S27 ULTRA then you can upgrade to Huawei Mate 90. 🤣
never thought I will achieve this in dev.to
Enjoy this moment of hitting the trending page 🎉
I really don't know what's special in my post.
It’s the right time, place and people. Don’t overthink it, you’ll get used to it.
"you'll get used to it" ---hit me hard.
thanks.
still a fun fact I want to share my most viewed post is the thanks xulingfeng ones LOL.
xulingfeng effect.
Hahaha, the Xu Lingfeng effect 😂. Glad our chat brought extra eyes to your post.
yeah.
@xulingfeng @akhourianmolkumar
Seeing you both react to the chaos is the best fuel.
Now, let’s go ship v24. The fallback chain is armed. The web search is live. The firm is open. 🐯⚡
Macbook Pro, M4. 14 Inch, 16gb, 512gb storage.
Usage:
Macbook Pro, M2, 16gb, 512gb storage, for work.
I also own an Iphone X which i usually forget to charge it because the only time i use it is to call my family or my girlfriend.
Minimal King.
no RTX, No Ghz, no monitor specs just a Macbook Pro M4
pure silent beast
8/10.
Here’s mine 😸
💻 Device: Custom-built desktop PC
🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (12 cores / 24 threads)
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (16 GB)
🧮 RAM: 64 GB DDR5-5600
💾 Storage: Crucial T710 2 TB NVMe SSD
🖥️ Display: GD-27Q260, 2560 × 1440 @ 60 Hz
🐧 OS: Windows 11 Home
💰 Approx. price: €3,000
🎯 Main use: Frontend development, OSS, AI tools, and general work
⭐ My own rating: 9.5/10
It’s a custom-built PC with parts I selected around the kind of work I actually do.
64 GB of RAM is definitely more than normal frontend development needs, but with browsers, IDEs, WSL, Docker, AI tools, and a lot of things open at the same time, I don’t regret it at all 😹
The Ryzen 9 7900 and RTX 5070 Ti are also more than enough for pretty much everything I throw at it.
9.5/10 for me. The only dangerous part is that it makes upgrading very hard to justify 😹
no words for this bro 🔥🔥🔥👑
you've got more than enough, your custom PC is really great
it reflects your specifications choosing skill.
rating: 9.4/10(-0.6% because you use windows home, why not pro?, and 64gb dual channel or single i am considering for now single that's why -0.6%)
honestly, you've great specs bro really great. Akhouri Systems supporter for a reason 😂
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